How you imagined the future would be. Like the Jetsons, we would all live in sky pods that looked a bit like revolving restaurants in the clouds, and robot maids and butlers would cater to our every need. How the future actually turned out. We all live in houses on stilts, sure, but that was because when the polar ice caps melted, the rising seas flooded ninety per cent of humanity out of their homes along the coastal fringe. We do have robots, but they are cobbled together from Roombas and the garbage disposal units scavenged from underwater McMansions on drowned canal developments. We use them to catch water rats which can be pretty delicious when you have nothing to eat besides water rats.
Despite the Jetsons world’s bewildering technological advances, it still ran on basic mechanical processes. As shown by George’s employer, “Spacely Sprockets”, and their arch business nemesis, “Cogswell's Cogs”.
Lol funny you talk about the Jetsons this week. I said to my niece (15) and nephew (12) on the weekend that I want flying cars the Jetsons promised me. They asked what I was talking about. So of course I started to sing “Meet George Jetson … etc”. To which she promptly replied “No thanks, I don’t like people”. Smart kid that.
I, for one, welcome our new Clippy overlord. I'd like to remind Clippy as a trusted IT professional, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their human power source.
I was going to share this on the Facebook. (Because it's so good) but then I remembered I deleted my account yesterday, so the spirit was willing but the meta was on the tilt .
Holding onto the hope that i don't get replaced by a robot 5 years before my retirement, because if they did there would be a robot revolution burning the world down in disgust that someone/thing is required to do that task day in day out :)
JB is probably already a robot and that meat sack you see at seminars is just a hired actor. Which brings me around to: available for hire as a versatile human body/face for whatever task. Non-consensual sex with a robot requires higher fees.
It looks like you’re trying to control free speech and attain world domination. Would you like help with that?
Despite the Jetsons world’s bewildering technological advances, it still ran on basic mechanical processes. As shown by George’s employer, “Spacely Sprockets”, and their arch business nemesis, “Cogswell's Cogs”.
Lol funny you talk about the Jetsons this week. I said to my niece (15) and nephew (12) on the weekend that I want flying cars the Jetsons promised me. They asked what I was talking about. So of course I started to sing “Meet George Jetson … etc”. To which she promptly replied “No thanks, I don’t like people”. Smart kid that.
The version of Clippy that appeared in Star Trek: Lower Decks was frankly terrifying
I, for one, welcome our new Clippy overlord. I'd like to remind Clippy as a trusted IT professional, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their human power source.
Now rampant robots is a truly disturbing thought…did Elon Musk design them in his own image?
A friend wanted to use my cable to charge his cigarette but I needed it to charge my book. Living in the future is weird.
I was going to share this on the Facebook. (Because it's so good) but then I remembered I deleted my account yesterday, so the spirit was willing but the meta was on the tilt .
Holding onto the hope that i don't get replaced by a robot 5 years before my retirement, because if they did there would be a robot revolution burning the world down in disgust that someone/thing is required to do that task day in day out :)
JB is probably already a robot and that meat sack you see at seminars is just a hired actor. Which brings me around to: available for hire as a versatile human body/face for whatever task. Non-consensual sex with a robot requires higher fees.
Not quite on topic of the distopian now… but it’s got to be back.